WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 The letter that I'm about to read has great bearing 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:07.860 on what I'm going to say in my heart -to -heart 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.359 talk today. I do not want to betray confidence 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:19.500 in reading this letter because the parents of 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:25.000 the young man are very well known, not only in 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:31.699 Nebraska, but in parts of Arizona. is their only 00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:39.079 son, a young man who's had problems in his life 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:45.700 like a great many of our teenagers today. When 00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:48.399 the young son, who is now living in Lincoln, 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:52.420 Nebraska, found out that I was going to be a 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:58.600 guest in the home of his parents while I was 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:03.329 in... Phoenix for a couple of days, became so 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:11.530 curious that he made the trip from Lincoln to 00:01:11.530 --> 00:01:15.290 see his parents. More or less, I think, just 00:01:15.290 --> 00:01:20.150 to see what I looked like. Kind of out of curiosity, 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:27.569 you know. And here he came with the modern look. 00:01:28.170 --> 00:01:32.189 of teenagers. I was going to say with the same 00:01:32.189 --> 00:01:34.170 kind of haircut, but maybe I should say with 00:01:34.170 --> 00:01:36.609 no haircut or something like that, you know. 00:01:38.230 --> 00:01:45.030 And just as modern as they come. And I'm quite 00:01:45.030 --> 00:01:49.489 sure that the only reason he came was just out 00:01:49.489 --> 00:01:55.109 of curiosity. But during that time in his home 00:01:55.109 --> 00:01:59.810 and in the Phoenix services, This son received 00:01:59.810 --> 00:02:04.069 a marvelous spiritual experience. What we call 00:02:04.069 --> 00:02:09.650 a new birth experience. I had some wonderful 00:02:09.650 --> 00:02:15.770 conversations with him. And so I've just received 00:02:15.770 --> 00:02:18.750 a letter which I'm going to share with you. For 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:22.810 he went back to Lincoln, Nebraska. Literally. 00:02:23.990 --> 00:02:28.229 A new creature in Christ Jesus. Dear Miss Kuhlman, 00:02:28.330 --> 00:02:31.610 I was so happy to receive your letter last week, 00:02:31.689 --> 00:02:34.969 and whether you know it or not, one thing you 00:02:34.969 --> 00:02:39.289 said in it opened up a whole new concept to me. 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:44.490 And it is one that has reassured my fate even 00:02:44.490 --> 00:02:48.229 more. Not that my fate was lacking before, or 00:02:48.229 --> 00:02:51.750 at least it hasn't been lacking since that glorious 00:02:51.750 --> 00:02:55.340 evening in Phoenix. You mentioned in the letter 00:02:55.340 --> 00:02:59.219 that since I have given my life to God, that 00:02:59.219 --> 00:03:05.639 now I am personal to him. This very thought has 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:11.840 provided me with more security than I had ever 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:15.819 dreamed possible. Truly the spirit dwells with 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:19.740 me now. Mom sometimes worries that I may backslide, 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:24.849 but to the contrary, my... Faith grows and strengthens 00:03:24.849 --> 00:03:29.129 with each passing day. I'm being ever careful 00:03:29.129 --> 00:03:34.449 not to bruise the fruit. But yet, I've been quite 00:03:34.449 --> 00:03:37.590 busy telling my friends and others about my wonderful 00:03:37.590 --> 00:03:41.310 experience. People are noticing that the spirit 00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:45.650 is within me just from being around me. They 00:03:45.650 --> 00:03:49.250 want to know what the difference is. Just what 00:03:49.250 --> 00:03:56.000 it is that I found. And then away I go. I praise 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.219 God that people in Lincoln are curious like this 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:03.439 and are hungry. I spoke to about 150 people Thursday 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.419 evening at a combined prayer group or meeting 00:04:06.419 --> 00:04:11.620 of all Protestant churches in Lincoln. And I 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:17.399 really, well, rather God did hold them and they 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.990 listened. From this came several requests for 00:04:20.990 --> 00:04:25.170 other speaking engagements, both before groups 00:04:25.170 --> 00:04:29.250 and in private homes. Also, after this particular 00:04:29.250 --> 00:04:34.269 meeting, God used me to cement the fate of a 00:04:34.269 --> 00:04:38.529 semi -believer, a woman of 50, condemned to a 00:04:38.529 --> 00:04:40.850 wheelchair by multiple sclerosis for 30 years. 00:04:41.290 --> 00:04:45.750 I talked to her and her family until 2 .30 a 00:04:45.750 --> 00:04:50.189 .m. They just wouldn't let me leave. And I was 00:04:50.189 --> 00:04:54.569 really in a beautiful place when I finally did 00:04:54.569 --> 00:04:58.910 leave. I wish I had 24 hours a day to do things 00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:06.029 like this. Lincoln, Nebraska is hungry, as is 00:05:06.029 --> 00:05:09.730 everywhere. God has also directed me to a fellow 00:05:09.730 --> 00:05:13.550 employee who has a minor drug problem. He and 00:05:13.550 --> 00:05:18.079 his wife invited me over one evening, Four hours 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:23.300 about God and the new birth experience. He is 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:26.620 now winning the cross and the switchblade. Thank 00:05:26.620 --> 00:05:29.379 you over and over for directing God's touch upon 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:34.399 me. I would have never known life could be so 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.420 glorious. I pray nightly that God continues to 00:05:38.420 --> 00:05:41.139 use you with the strength to continue this noble, 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:48.060 very noble task of yours. I love you most sincerely, 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.120 Bob Jr. I would like to pray in that letter. 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:57.399 But then on second thought, there are literally 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:01.939 hundreds of letters like this coming in. And 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:06.220 the amazing thing is that I do not consider myself 00:06:06.220 --> 00:06:10.720 an authority when it comes to teenagers. But 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.000 these teenagers are coming to this ministry. 00:06:15.470 --> 00:06:21.990 because they are finding what they have been 00:06:21.990 --> 00:06:26.329 seeking. Young people today are not looking for 00:06:26.329 --> 00:06:30.629 theories. Let's face facts. We've been ferried 00:06:30.629 --> 00:06:36.089 to death. Our young people today have been ferried 00:06:36.089 --> 00:06:42.149 to death. They want facts. They want reality. 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:52.439 Truth. And they find it when truth is presented 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:56.779 to them. And they see it in the word of God. 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:04.300 The other day, a newspaper printed my direct 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:08.220 statement when I said that the great spiritual 00:07:08.220 --> 00:07:12.800 awakening is coming to America is not... going 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:15.879 to come through the churches, but is going to 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:25.300 come through the youth. Now, I'm going to continue 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:27.579 my little heart -to -heart talk from here on 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:30.399 out, that little book of Joel in the Old Testament 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.639 that gives a whole picture of the end time of 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.240 this present age, of this, the times of the Gentiles. 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:43.379 We're living in this time now. This is as up 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:47.180 -to -date as tomorrow morning's newspaper. More 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:51.819 up -to -date. I shall read again the best scripture 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:56.339 that I gave, and here it is. Joel, the first 00:07:56.339 --> 00:08:03.519 chapter. Hear this, ye old men. Give ear. Tell 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.660 ye your children of it, and let your children 00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:09.839 tell their children, and their children another 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:16.420 generation. That which the palmer worm hath left, 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.540 hath the locust eaten. That which the locust 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:23.480 hath left, hath the canker worm eaten. Here's 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.379 an entire picture of church history. And that 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:30.480 which the canker worm hath left, hath the caterpillar 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.259 eaten. Whether you're Catholic or Protestant 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:35.840 or whatever you are, you will agree with me. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:40.000 This is the picture, the entire picture of church 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:45.409 history. It's given again in the book of the 00:08:45.409 --> 00:08:51.169 Revelation. Read it. But don't stop there. Remember 00:08:51.169 --> 00:08:54.649 the little book of Joel? Every part of it is 00:08:54.649 --> 00:08:58.250 the entire picture of this generation in which 00:08:58.250 --> 00:09:04.649 we live. And I will restore to you. There's no 00:09:04.649 --> 00:09:08.789 question about that word, restore. There's no 00:09:08.789 --> 00:09:15.549 opening for argument. I will, God says, restore 00:09:15.549 --> 00:09:20.549 to you the years that the locust hath eaten, 00:09:20.649 --> 00:09:23.990 the canker worm, and the caterpillar, and the 00:09:23.990 --> 00:09:26.690 palmer worm, my great army which I send among 00:09:26.690 --> 00:09:30.730 you. And ye shall eat in plenty, be satisfied, 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:34.990 and praise the name of the Lord your God, that 00:09:34.990 --> 00:09:38.710 hath dealt wondrously with you, and my people 00:09:38.710 --> 00:09:45.000 shall never be ashamed. Don't stop there. Continue 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.600 with that 28th verse. And it shall come to pass 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:54.419 afterward that I will pour out of my spirit upon 00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:59.379 all flesh. That's exactly what's happening now. 00:09:59.539 --> 00:10:02.799 He is pouring out of his spirit upon all flesh 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:08.299 if you don't believe it. Look up. Look round 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:14.539 about you. We see the Holy Spirit speaking to 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:18.960 men and women to whom spiritual things never 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.600 interested them before. Around the world, everywhere. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.899 Attend one of the great services in the shrine. 00:10:28.179 --> 00:10:30.340 Attend one of the great services in the First 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:33.960 Presbyterian Church here in Pittsburgh. They're 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:41.039 there. Talk to any man, rich or poor, influential 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:45.820 or otherwise, you'll find that he'll pause and 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:52.159 talk religion to you if you bring him the truth. 00:10:53.899 --> 00:11:00.860 I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh. 00:11:01.179 --> 00:11:04.500 And flesh, in the word of God, always pertains 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:09.919 to the unsaid. Don't stop there. And your sons 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:17.120 and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.379 shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:24.799 visions. And also upon the servants and upon 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:30.379 the handmaids in those days will I pour out my 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:35.639 spirit. That was the reason I give this statement 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.360 to the press without fear of contradiction. That 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:43.899 this great revival is coming through the young 00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:49.559 people. This great spiritual awakening that is 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.480 taking place among the young people. They're 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:55.740 sick and tired. They tried these things. I'm 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:59.279 talking about the majority of young people. They 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:03.379 have tried these things. They have not satisfied 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:12.289 them. They are now looking... for truth. And 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:16.950 you're going to find the greatest spiritual revival 00:12:16.950 --> 00:12:20.090 that America has ever known. And I believe that 00:12:20.090 --> 00:12:23.230 it's going to begin in America and is going to 00:12:23.230 --> 00:12:26.970 sweep the world. There are ministers who are 00:12:26.970 --> 00:12:33.269 standing and wouldn't touch this present awakening 00:12:33.269 --> 00:12:36.679 that's coming. among the youth on the ten -foot 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.539 pole. They're scared to death of it. They won't 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:45.220 touch it. They'll say, we'll watch and see. There 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:48.379 are mothers and dads who do not understand it 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:51.019 when their teenager comes home and says, oh, 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:54.240 I had the most wonderful spiritual experience. 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.740 My whole life has changed. Oh, it's wonderful. 00:12:58.899 --> 00:13:01.720 I have found what I've been seeking. I've been 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.919 born again. The dad turns to the mother and says, 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:10.519 well, he's off on another trip. And the mother 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.159 says of her daughter, I don't understand her. 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:18.480 Of course you don't understand them because you 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:23.480 have never had this experience. You have never 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:27.879 been born again. The minister in the pulpit who 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.639 has denied the deity and divinity of Jesus Christ. 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:34.700 He's denied the truth of the word. He's been 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:37.200 preaching everything else but the gospel. Doesn't 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.559 understand it. There's a reason he won't touch 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:44.519 it with a ten -foot pole. And it's just like 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:48.799 that. I'm talking about things that are happening 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.539 this very hour. And these kids that are being 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:59.179 born again, I'm talking about a spiritual experience. 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:04.379 And these kids are getting it. A new birth experience. 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:11.480 And you have never seen greater enthusiasm. You 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.980 have never seen greater sacrifices. You've never 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:20.860 found greater followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.279 They've gone all out for the Son of the Living 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:32.730 God. as no other generation that I've known anything 00:14:32.730 --> 00:14:35.669 about. Now watch something. Let me make something 00:14:35.669 --> 00:14:43.049 very clear. When we speak of Jesus, it's one 00:14:43.049 --> 00:14:50.070 thing to speak of Jesus as a person. He is more 00:14:50.070 --> 00:14:54.669 than just a superstar. These young people who 00:14:54.669 --> 00:14:58.090 are accepting Jesus as just a super... superstar 00:14:58.090 --> 00:15:06.169 as an ideal or not receiving experience of the 00:15:06.169 --> 00:15:10.250 young people who are accepting Jesus Christ as 00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:15.309 the very son of the living God. You're not born 00:15:15.309 --> 00:15:19.470 again in just accepting Jesus as a great example. 00:15:19.710 --> 00:15:21.769 No man, no woman, whether you be in the pulpit 00:15:21.769 --> 00:15:26.240 or whether you be father or mother. It's when 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:31.860 you accept Jesus Christ as absolute divinity 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:38.100 and absolute deity. And you're born again like 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:42.120 young Bob Jr. in Lincoln, Nebraska. That's a 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:46.639 new birth experience. That's what I'm talking 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:53.039 about. I'll give proof to this great spiritual 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:58.620 revival. that I am sure we're on the very threshold 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:02.740 of. For remember in the New Testament, and always 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:06.100 I like to verify the old with the new and the 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:09.759 new with the old. You've learned a long time 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.179 ago, if you've been following this ministry, 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:14.159 that I always like to give proof of everything 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:17.879 that I say. All right? On the day of Pentecost, 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.509 the Holy Spirit came. Oh, that glorious experience. 00:16:22.009 --> 00:16:28.190 Jesus said he would come. That gift, the greatest 00:16:28.190 --> 00:16:32.090 gift that Jesus could possibly have given to 00:16:32.090 --> 00:16:37.950 the church. And he gave to his church this wonderful 00:16:37.950 --> 00:16:43.730 gift before he went away. And ye shall receive 00:16:43.730 --> 00:16:47.110 power. After that, the Holy Ghost has come upon 00:16:47.110 --> 00:16:52.179 you. The same power that was manifested in his 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:57.940 ministry and his life. And the Holy Spirit did 00:16:57.940 --> 00:17:06.339 come on the day of Pentecost. And suddenly there 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:11.200 came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:16.019 wind. And it filled all the house where they 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:22.150 were sitting. Now, watch the result of that wonderful 00:17:22.150 --> 00:17:25.049 experience that the 120 received in that upper 00:17:25.049 --> 00:17:30.250 room. Always when one is filled with the Holy 00:17:30.250 --> 00:17:34.009 Spirit, you'll see the result of that filling. 00:17:34.410 --> 00:17:38.950 Always when the Holy Spirit is present, you'll 00:17:38.950 --> 00:17:43.549 see the supernatural manifestation of His presence. 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:48.829 That's why in our services, People began weeping 00:17:48.829 --> 00:17:52.549 even before the service begins because they feel 00:17:52.549 --> 00:17:58.650 the presence of the Holy Spirit. And out of that 00:17:58.650 --> 00:18:01.309 wonderful experience, you'll see Peter for instance. 00:18:01.390 --> 00:18:04.769 I take him as an example. Just a short while 00:18:04.769 --> 00:18:11.289 before, so weak, so timid, that Jesus, looking 00:18:11.289 --> 00:18:18.619 into his face with pity, said, Pray that thy 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:27.500 faith faileth not. All those words of pity. And 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:33.059 yet the love in the heart of the master because 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:38.259 he knew how weak in the flesh Peter was. But 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:43.099 after that glorious experience, I want you to 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:49.170 see the new Peter. Oh, it was something, believe 00:18:49.170 --> 00:18:56.150 me. And Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted 00:18:56.150 --> 00:19:02.250 up his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judea 00:19:02.250 --> 00:19:07.589 and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known 00:19:07.589 --> 00:19:14.230 unto you and hearken to my words. For these are 00:19:14.230 --> 00:19:20.019 not drunken. as ye suppose seeing it is but the 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:27.079 third hour of the day but this is that which 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:32.859 was spoken by the prophet joel watch the holy 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:38.539 spirit speaking these were not the words of an 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:43.480 ordinary man this was not the mind of an ordinary 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:47.670 man It was the Holy Spirit speaking through the 00:19:47.670 --> 00:19:55.869 lips of Peter. The Holy Spirit using the body 00:19:55.869 --> 00:20:02.130 of Peter. And as he began to speak, he quoted 00:20:02.130 --> 00:20:07.109 from the little book of Joel in the Old Testament. 00:20:07.849 --> 00:20:11.970 The same word that I gave you a few minutes ago 00:20:11.970 --> 00:20:15.750 from the second chapter of Joel. He repeats it. 00:20:17.769 --> 00:20:24.289 And it shall come to pass in the last days. And 00:20:24.289 --> 00:20:28.089 he makes it very definite. In the last days. 00:20:28.210 --> 00:20:33.430 And you and I are living in the last days of 00:20:33.430 --> 00:20:40.000 the times of the Gentiles. Any Bible student, 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:43.380 any great theologian will have to agree these 00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:48.720 are the last days. Even if you have no religion, 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:52.240 you'll have to agree something is about to happen. 00:20:55.380 --> 00:21:02.380 And in the last days, saith God, I will pour 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:10.410 out of my spirit. upon all flesh. That's exactly 00:21:10.410 --> 00:21:14.970 what's happening now. And your sons and your 00:21:14.970 --> 00:21:19.910 daughters shall prophesy. Your young men shall 00:21:19.910 --> 00:21:23.210 see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. 00:21:23.670 --> 00:21:27.750 And all my servants and all my handmaidens, I 00:21:27.750 --> 00:21:36.650 will pour out in those days of my spirit. And 00:21:36.650 --> 00:21:44.650 they shall prophesy. This is truth. Our young 00:21:44.650 --> 00:21:49.269 people are fed up on theory. They want facts. 00:21:49.509 --> 00:21:53.130 They want reality. They want truth. And they 00:21:53.130 --> 00:21:57.309 are finding it in the Lord Jesus Christ.